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European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan

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The Pillar sets out 20 key principles and rights essential for fair and well-functioning labour markets and social protection systems, structured around three chapters: equal opportunities and access to the labour market, fair working conditions, and social protection and inclusion.
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Towards a strong European public service agenda. How to (re)build a social Europe in a resilient way after Covid-19?

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This conference, co-funded by the European Union, organised in partnership with the European Policy Centre (EPC) and with the media partnership of Euractiv.pl, will take stock of the lessons learnt from the pandemic and seek to advance a strong European public service agenda. Register now.

European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions

The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) is a confederation of 40 trade union organisations from 20 European countries and 4 European trade union organisations, with a total of more than 5 million individual members. 1 further trade union organisations enjoys observer status.

CESI and EPC hold expert workshop on social investments

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Today, CESI together with the European Policy Centre (EPC) held an expert workshop on ‘How to integrate the concept of social investment in the macro-economic and fiscal governance instruments of the EU?’. This was the second meeting of its kind following an initial workshop on ‘Measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of social investment policies and designing the right policy mix’ on October 9 2015.

Europe Academy 2015 project on information & consultation of workers: Synthesis report published

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The synthesis report of the 2015 project of CESI's Europe Academy on 'Better anticipate change and restructuring in public administrations in Europe: The role of information and consultation of workers' is now available on CESI's website.

CESI participates in CONFSAL conference on education for professional development

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On 29 January, 2016, CESI’s Italian member organisation CONFSAL held a high level conference in Rome on the importance of a quality education for the cultural, personal and professional development of young people. CESI Secretary General Klaus Heeger spoke for CESI at the conference.

CESI SOC/FEMM-Commissions discuss the future direction of EU employment and gender equality policies

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Today, CESI's Commissions on Employment and Social Affairs Commission (SOC) and Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) convened for their first meeting of the year in Brussels. As CESI's most important members' committees for deliberation and positioning on horizontal aspects of EU employment, gender equality and social policy, the meetings saw orientation debates on the major topics that will be worked on during 2016.

CESI to host Erasmus+ seminar on civic engagement of young persons in trade unions

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On March 3-4, CESI will host a seminar on ‘Youth and the unions: An example of participation in democratic life’.

Forthcoming on February 18: Parliamentary breakfast event on fair labour mobility

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On February 18, CESI in cooperation with Eurodiaconia will hold a breakfast meeting on fair labour mobility in the European Parliament. Registration for the event, which will be hosted by MEP Jean Lambert (Greens/EFA, UK), is open until February 10.

CESI Europe Academy 2016 on health and safety in the public sector – Open call to tender for a supporting study

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The topic of the project of the CESI Europe Academy (CESI's internal training and capacity building center) for 2016 has been formally set to "Health and Safety at Work in the Public Sector in Europe: New Challenges". To inform the project, CESI has opened a call to tender for the production of an accompanying research and study paper. The deadline for participation in the tender procedure is February 5 2016.

Parliament working document calls to exclude public services from TiSA

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After having concluded its file on recommendations for the European Commission on the negotiations for TTIP, the European Parliament has today started working on an analogue file on recommendations on the negotiations for TiSA. As a European trade union confederation representing several million public sector workers, CESI welcomes that a first working document calls to exclude public services from the trade agreement and hence rule out TiSA-induced destructive liberalisation forces for the sector.

New Commission proposals to manage the refugee crisis: Public sector and local administration workers need EU support

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Today, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker held a much-awaited speech in the European Parliament on the state of the union and announced new plans to manage the EU's ongoing refugee and migration challenge more successfully. He proposed both an emergency and a permanent common crisis relocation mechanism for refugees. As a trade union confederation representing numerous public sector workers who are working with and receiving refugees on a regular basis, CESI recalls that the public services in Europe's regions, towns and municipalities need (more) help to be able to take in refugees with dignity - including from the EU.

For youth employment and a better prevention of radicalisation: Commission proposes to adjust ET2020 priorities

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Last week, the European Commission issued its draft 2015 joint Commission-Council report on the implementation of the Strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020). The document, which still needs approval by the Council, includes readjustment proposals for ET2020 to two of the EU's major challenges: the need to further bring down youth unemployment and the necessity to better prevent radicalisation. The CESI Youth and CESI's Trade Council 'Education, Training and Research' attach great importance to the report.

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